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HELP!! TREAD width vs SECTION width on Cup 2s
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<blockquote data-quote="V8Flexin" data-source="post: 15524767" data-attributes="member: 183923"><p>The cup2's are pretty much a track/race tire for the street. A square tire is design important for minimized side wall deflection during cornering. But you will suffer in ride quality due deflection of the sidewall is necessary to absorb road shock just like a thick sidewall vs thin. Anyway, if you're looking for a tire that's more rounded you want to look at a more comfort biased tire like the Continental extreme contact's. The MPSS are somewhat in between with a more square design. You could like you said go with a thinner tread and let the bead stretch the tire to the rim (think stance style) to get the cup2's to tuck some. But the cornering performance and stability while cornering will suffer. You can try mounting the bare rim on the car with it supported by the rear axle to simulate the rear axle at ride height and take a straight edge and check the rim to fender clearance before mounting the tire. You can add shims to get the desired clearance. I'm not sure if you going for looks or actual track performance but the first number of the tire size is the tread width usually measured from where the tread grooves start and end (inner/outer) in millimeters. You can convert that to inches and compare that to actual rim width. The wider the tire vs the rim, the more square/concave the tire will look on the rim and vice versa.</p><p></p><p>Sent from my PURE XL using the <a href="http://r.tapatalk.com/byo?rid=92568" target="_blank">svtperformance.com mobile app</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="V8Flexin, post: 15524767, member: 183923"] The cup2's are pretty much a track/race tire for the street. A square tire is design important for minimized side wall deflection during cornering. But you will suffer in ride quality due deflection of the sidewall is necessary to absorb road shock just like a thick sidewall vs thin. Anyway, if you're looking for a tire that's more rounded you want to look at a more comfort biased tire like the Continental extreme contact's. The MPSS are somewhat in between with a more square design. You could like you said go with a thinner tread and let the bead stretch the tire to the rim (think stance style) to get the cup2's to tuck some. But the cornering performance and stability while cornering will suffer. You can try mounting the bare rim on the car with it supported by the rear axle to simulate the rear axle at ride height and take a straight edge and check the rim to fender clearance before mounting the tire. You can add shims to get the desired clearance. I'm not sure if you going for looks or actual track performance but the first number of the tire size is the tread width usually measured from where the tread grooves start and end (inner/outer) in millimeters. You can convert that to inches and compare that to actual rim width. The wider the tire vs the rim, the more square/concave the tire will look on the rim and vice versa. Sent from my PURE XL using the [URL=http://r.tapatalk.com/byo?rid=92568]svtperformance.com mobile app[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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